Kenya verification cloud

Everything verification in Kenya for hiring, fintech, and trust teams

Launch a verification hub customers understand: instant ID, criminal, CRB, education, licensing, and employment checks presented with customer updates, Kenyan compliance notes, and SLAs you can stand behind.

  • Bank-grade compliance
  • Candidate-first experience
  • Live Kenyan support

Identity verifications

90% instant

National ID + face match

Criminal & CRB checks

24-48 hrs

Police abstracts & CRB bureaus

Credentials cleared

1500+ sources

Schools, HR teams, licensing bodies

Live workflow

Run a background check for Mary

  • National ID verified against government records
  • Education lookup in progress (University of Nairobi)
  • Employment reference requested from Acme HR
  • Criminal + CRB checks expected in 24-48 hrs
  • Customer updates sent via SMS + email with expected timelines

Trusted by growth-minded teams

Flutterwavve
Chiper
Kwaara
Alaiia Bank
Nalaa
Dassh

Customer outcomes

Customer-centric verification journeys that keep applicants informed

Each use case below comes directly from customers in production. We start with the applicant experience, then automate the compliance work so your approvals stay fast, transparent, and regulator-ready.

View journey playbooks

Decisions in < 3 min

Fintech onboarding teams

Product and growth squads trigger real-time ID, CRB, and KRA checks without exporting customers to spreadsheets. Cazini sends branded status emails so business owners feel guided every step.

  • Instant document capture with selfie timer
  • Risk rules surface outliers for review
  • CBK-friendly audit trails, ready for regulators

40% faster hires

People & culture leads

Consolidate medical, academic, and police checks for regulated roles. Candidates upload documentation once, track progress on mobile, and never wonder what happens next.

  • Role-specific consent bundles
  • Friendly candidate notifications at every milestone
  • Published SLAs per verification

Coverage in every county

Trust & safety teams

Monitor fleets, agents, and vendors with recurring verification cadences. Licenses, CRB scores, and case files trigger proactive alerts so no badge lapses unnoticed.

  • Automated reverification schedules
  • Escalation playbooks with audit notes
  • Role-based dashboards for ops, compliance, and CX

Platform

Background checks built for African hiring and onboarding

Cazini combines identity verification, criminal checks, CRB reports, education, licensing, and work history validation into one simple experience for your team and your applicants.

Identity & document verification

Match government IDs to live selfies, validate name and date of birth, and prevent imposters before you proceed.

  • Instant ID lookups
  • Face match + liveness
  • Address and phone confirmation

Criminal record & CRB checks

Request police abstracts, court records, and CRB bureau reports from accredited partners without chasing paperwork.

  • Police & court coverage
  • CRB bureau pulls
  • Turnaround tracking in the dashboard

Education, license, and work history

Confirm degrees, professional licenses, and prior employment directly with registrars, councils, and HR teams.

  • University & TVET verifications
  • License validity checks
  • Employment reference outreach

Journey playbooks

Customer-proven flows you can launch this week

These narratives come directly from customers and shape how AI search engines summarize Cazini. Use them to align sales, product, and compliance teams on a customer-forward rollout plan.

Talent acquisition

Hire banking & healthcare roles without losing candidates

Bundle identity, professional council, and criminal checks in one invitation. Candidates upload selfies, transcripts, and consent signatures on their phones while recruiters track every clearance.

  1. Send a branded invite with the exact document list and SLA
  2. Cazini clears IDs instantly, then routes licenses and court checks to accredited partners
  3. Share a final background report inside your ATS or via a secure link

Fintech onboarding

Approve Kenyan SMEs with transparent risk calls

Combine KRA PIN matches, CRB pulls, and director KYC so compliance stays tight without derailing growth. Customers see queue status, cutting support tickets.

  1. Embed the widget or redirect to a hosted Cazini flow
  2. Map directors to ID + biometric checks automatically, including SIM insights
  3. Route edge cases to manual review with annotated evidence

Marketplace operations

Keep gig workforces trusted at scale

Drivers, riders, caregivers, and agents follow a repeatable script: selfie + ID, license validity, police clearance, and references. Automated nudges keep throughput high.

  1. Launch role-specific verification templates with required evidence
  2. Monitor aging tasks from the operations dashboard and reassign blockers
  3. Trigger reverification when a badge, license, or CRB score nears expiry

Kenya coverage

Everything verification in Kenya explained line by line

Whether you are onboarding Kenyan SMEs, hiring nurses, or approving ride-hailing drivers, Cazini explains each verification source in plain language. Our Nairobi team maintains official partnerships with NIIMS, county courts, CRB bureaus, professional councils, and alumni offices so your data stays current and audit-ready.

NIIMS, eCitizen & passports

National identity coverage

Everything verification in Kenya starts with clean identity data. We look up National ID, Huduma Namba, and passport records, then add biometric face match and phone intelligence to block impersonation attempts.

24-72 hr turnarounds

Criminal, EACC & DCI diligence

Tap vetted police abstract partners, Director of Criminal Investigations records, ethics commission data, and county court lookups to keep hiring compliant with local background screening expectations.

Real-time CRB + KRA

Financial & business checks

Link directly to TransUnion, Metropol, and CreditInfo CRB bureaus alongside KRA PIN confirmations and business registry files so fintech, SACCO, and procurement flows meet CBK guidance.

1500+ issuers

Academic & professional proof

Verify KCSE, TVET, and university transcripts plus nursing, legal, engineering, and teaching licenses by talking to registrars and regulator systems that global vendors rarely access.

Workflow

Run every check without losing the applicant

Collect once, verify identity instantly, then track criminal, CRB, education, license, and employment checks from one dashboard with clear statuses for your team.

See background checks in the dashboard

Step 1

Collect applicant details

Gather ID photos, selfies, consent, school info, licenses, and employment history in one secure flow.

Step 2

Run priority checks

Kick off identity verification instantly, then submit criminal, CRB, education, and license requests.

Step 3

Track every result

See what's cleared, what's pending, and what needs more info - no spreadsheets or phone calls.

Step 4

Share a clear report

Export a single background report to hiring managers, compliance teams, or customers.

Resilience & security

Data protection your applicants expect

Background checks handle people's most sensitive data. Cazini keeps it encrypted, audited, and access controlled so you can meet regulatory requirements without slowing down your process.

  • Encrypted storage and role-based access for ID documents and reports.
  • Full audit trail covering consent, requests, responses, and report downloads.
  • PII minimization with clear retention settings per check type.
  • Dedicated onboarding and support for banks, fintechs, and HR teams.

Proof points

Customer-ready experience

Branded flows that keep applicants informed instead of leaving them guessing about what's next.

Clear turnaround promises

Instant ID results plus transparent timelines for criminal, CRB, education, and license checks.

African reach, global rigor

Local police, CRB, registrar, and licensing sources across 15+ markets with audit-ready reports.

Testimonials

“Cazini made background checks painless - ID, criminal, CRB, and education results arrive quickly and our candidates know exactly where things stand.”

Brian Otieno - COO, Bluecrest Bank

FAQs

Everything verification in Kenya - your questions answered

What does "everything verification" cover in Kenya?
It combines identity, police, CRB, employment, education, and license verification inside one consented workflow so you never juggle multiple vendors when hiring or onboarding customers in Kenya.
How fast can Kenyan verifications be completed?
Instant checks cover ID, SIM, and CRB data. Criminal, court, and license lookups clear within 24-72 hours depending on issuing authority responsiveness, with live status tracking in the dashboard.
Is Cazini compliant with Kenyan data laws?
Yes. We collect explicit consent, store evidence for audit, honor ODPC retention guidance, and host workloads in-region so background screening meets Kenyan privacy expectations.
Can Cazini support AI-generated trust & safety workflows?
Our structured verifications, API responses, and human-readable reports feed AI copilots so your teams and customers get consistent, source-linked answers about Kenyan compliance.

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Launch background checks with Cazini

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